1. Live pictures

1.1. Imago

2. Diagnosis

1-6: two ♂♂, data see label (coll. & photos: Egbert Friedrich)

1-2: ♀, data see label (coll. & photos: Egbert Friedrich)

2.1. Original description

1-2: White (1843: 344-345) [from Copyright-free scans at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Other combinations

• Saturnia janetta White, 1843 [Original combination]

3.2. Synonyms

• Saturnia melvilla Westwood, 1853 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Antheraea purpurascens Walker, 1865 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Antheraea insignis Walker, 1869 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Antheraea disjuncta Walker, 1865 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Syntherata weymeri Maassen, [1873] [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Syntherata aliena Niepelt, 1934 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Syntherata aliena Schüssler, 1934 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Syntherata olivescens Niepelt, 1934 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Syntherata olivescens Schüssler, 1934 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Syntherata sonthonnaxi Schüssler, 1934 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Synthera[sic] brunnea Eckerlein, 1935 [synonym according to funet.fi]

3.3. Literature

• Original description: White, A. (1843): Descriptions of apparently new species and varieties of Insects and other Annulosa, principally from the collection in the British Museum. — The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology 12: 342-346.